Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win.

The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot in The Golden State and hand out prizes to location pros and public employees who facilitate film and TV production

Location manager Alison Taylor received the Location Manager of the Year Award for “Wrinkle,” a sci-fi adventure starring Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, set for release in March by Walt Disney Pictures.

The location pros led by supervising location manager Michael Haro won the team trophy for ‘Bright,” a Netflix movie scheduled for release on Dec. 22. Also a sci-fi film, it was directed by David Ayer and stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton.

In the TV one-hour category, FX crime series “Snowfall” scored both the Location Manager of the Year Award for location manager Brian O’Neill and the Location Team of the Year Award for O’Neill and his team of location specialists.

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Michael Burmeister won the award for Location Manager of the Year in the independent feature category for “Suburbicon,” starring Matt Damon and released by Paramount, and supervising location manager Rob Frank and his team took home the prize for Location Team of the Year in the same category for Netflix’s “Sandy Wexler,” a comedy directed by Steven Brill starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Hudson.

In the TV half hour category, Kyle Alexander scored the honor for Location Manager of the Year for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” which is broadcast by Fox, and location manager Caleb Duffy and his team took home the team prize for season 6 of HBO’s “VEEP.”

The COLA Awards are a production of the Film Liaisons In California Statewide (FLiCS), a nonprofit corporation with membership composed of over 40 film commissions throughout the Golden state. Each individual film office associated with the FLiCS partners with location managers and production companies to provide local expertise in location and production support.

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Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win. The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot […]

Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win. The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot […]

Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win. The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot […]

Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win. The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot […]

Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win. The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot […]

Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win. The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot […]

Ahead of their public release, a pair feature films, Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” (pictured above) and Netflix’s “Bright,” scored big wins at the annual California on Location Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. In the TV category, FX’s “Snowfall” landed a double win. The COLA’s recognize outstanding location work on projects shot […]